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Philosophical Chaucer : love, sex, and agency in the Canterbury tales

Title
Philosophical Chaucer : love, sex, and agency in the Canterbury tales / Mark Miller.
Author
Miller, Mark, 1964-
Publication
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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Book/textUse in library JFE 06-3228Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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x, 289 p.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 55
Subject
  • Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Canterbury tales
  • Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 > Philosophy
  • Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature
  • Tales, Medieval > History and criticism
  • Philosophy, Medieval, in literature
  • Agent (Philosophy) in literature
  • Love in literature
  • Sex in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-280) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Chaucer and the problem of normativity -- Naturalism and its discontents in the Miller's Tale -- Normative longing in the Knight's Tale -- Agency and dialectic in the Consolation of Philosophy -- Sadomasochism and utopia in the Roman de la Rose -- Suffering love in the Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale -- Love's promise: the Clerk's Tale and the scandal of the unconditional.
Call Number
JFE 06-3228
ISBN
0521842360 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2004056823
OCLC
56011458
Author
Miller, Mark, 1964-
Title
Philosophical Chaucer : love, sex, and agency in the Canterbury tales / Mark Miller.
Imprint
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Series
Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 55
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-280) and index.
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